Analysis of Love Alone
Love alone can penetrate
the wall of condemnation,
built by self, without foundation.
Be alert, stumble not,
in shadowy paths,
but look up and feel
Spirit's breeze, Love's caress,
She comforts her own
and gives freedom to the waiting soul.
| Scheme | ABBCDEFGH |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Nonet (56%) |
| Metre | 101110 011010 11101010 101101 01001 11101 101101 11001 011010101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 231 |
| Words | 40 |
| Sentences | 2 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 9 |
| Lines Amount | 9 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 21 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 189 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 40 |
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